Natural State Dog Training

Natural State Dog Training Relationship-based dog training & behavior modification based in central Arkansas

06/06/2026

This won’t look like much but it’s a big deal to me. Posy hadn’t been walked in months because of how the walks went. Now we are playing off leash with other dogs around. She is getting her freedom back.

05/21/2026

Welcome Posy! Love the look on her face after play!

04/20/2026

One thing Jolene’s owners asked for was to help her get comfortable in water so they could take her to pools and lakes. Think we nailed that one. They will have a harder time getting her out of the water.

Before coming here for training Yumi’s owner couldn’t even bring someone in the house. And she was right to be cautious,...
04/07/2026

Before coming here for training Yumi’s owner couldn’t even bring someone in the house. And she was right to be cautious, Yumi got after me the first few times I came over. After training we went over how to bring someone in multiple times but I could tell her owner was still nervous. We kept talking it through and met up to introduce new people to Yumi outside the house. Her owner kept at it and kept me in the loop. I couldn’t be more proud of her owner. She told me from the start she would do whatever it took and she meant it! Yesterday I got this message from her.

Hey, hope everything’s going well! Thought you might want a happy update on Yumi. I had a friend come stay with me over the weekend and we took it slow and at Yumis pace, and she was able to make a new friend pretty quickly. We never even had one reaction which was crazy to me. Wanted to share the happy progress and say thank you again!

04/07/2026

Having some fun with JoJo

04/04/2026

Welcome Jolene! She’s a perfect example of a dog needing more fulfilling play in her life. This clip was just a few days in and now we are wrapping up week one. I love the look when I ask if she’s ready.

03/31/2026

This little guy is so much fun. Simba did training here 3 or 4 years ago but he still boards here pretty regularly. Tug is always the first thing we do. He’s pretty shy in the socials with other dogs but if I play with him in the morning before letting him in the group he is much more confident.

03/22/2026

Winston has been here a little over 2 weeks and this is the first time I’ve asked him to be in heel for an entire walk. It makes it so much easier when teaching it to just ask for it for a few seconds and then release him back to freedom on the flexi. Once he really understood then I could ask for it today and it was easy. I love his little hop back into heel from the down.

03/13/2026

Gus showed up with one of the worst haircuts I’ve seen in a while. He was shaved down his back and then became too much to handle so that was it and everything else was left matted and long. And they were right, he was a lot in the beginning. The biggest advantage I have over the groomer is that I have all the time in the world to develop a relationship first and then help him feel better about it. So we really took our time and made grooming part of our daily routine. At first I just wanted him to understand the process before worrying about actual grooming. I’m going to call you up here and do something you’re uncomfortable with for a split second and then you’re released back to freedom. We gradually spent more time grooming but keeping the process and language the same even turning it into a game. The last week he was here he went up on the bench every morning before being asked because the interaction became the reward. The end of this clip is his owner grooming him the day after he went back home and he’s as relaxed as he can be.

03/06/2026

Old pro Margo is trying to tell the new guy Winston to relax and not be so weird.

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North Little Rock, AR
72116

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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